Designers are calling purple plum, while green is thyme, pink is blush, yellow is buttercup and blue is cornflower. Then there's clove and espresso and earth and ginger and raffia and pecan -- all of which are some sort of brown. So homey are some looks that designer Carolina Herrera trotted out a "coffee bean" bikini with "radish detail," and Betsey Johnson showed a "mint chocolate" -- pale green and brown -- baby doll dress. Then there's the popular French vanilla, which is half yellow, half cream, said Eiseman. "It's an ice cream color," she said.Imagine that. French vanilla is an ice cream color. Well, it must be Tuesday; my boss is wearing his "cornflower-blue" tie. Wait a sec. Is cornflower now retro? I'm so behind...
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